MONUSCO "Peace and Love" Choir participation in Festival nuits des choeurs on 05 September at Kinshasa Theatre de verdure.
On Friday 28 August 2015, MONUSCO-Kisangani Public Information Section held a working session for about fifty media professionals and members of the Brainstorming Group of Journalists in Kisangani, at the headquarters of “Réseau des Médias Associatifs et Communautaires de la Province Orientale/Associative and Community Media Network in the Eastern Province (REMACPO). During this weekly meeting, media professionals expressed the wish to see a…
Mambasa, 31 August 2015 - MONUSCO civil affairs section wrapped up a three-day workshop on the promotion of social dialogue in the territory of Mambasa on 28 August 2015. About forty participants from the different districts of Mambasa attended the workshop whose objective was to help the civil society actors understand their role in the promotion of the democratic dialogue with a view to contributing to the stabilization of their territory. A…
MONUSCO Public Information Section in Kisangani organized on 27 August 2015, a conference-debate to explain the Mission;s mandate to religious members in Kisangani. About fifty leaders took part in the meeting that took place at 14, Parish Bonne Semence, Avenue in the township of Tshopo. The objectives pursued through the sensitization session were to get leaders of the different religious denominations to understand MONUSCO’s mandate, to help…
Bunia 28 August 2015: MONUSCO conduct and discipline unit in Bunia convened in the conference room of its headquarters local actors as well as substantive sections to set up a whistleblowing mechanism to denounce and prevent any act of sexual exploitation and abuse by the United Nations staff. The meeting was attended by delegates from the United Nations Joint Human Rights Bureau, advisors on women related matters, child protection section, local…
The 3rd edition of a local press forum took place on Saturday 15 August 2015 within MONUSCO compound in Dungu around the theme “Diagnosis of the electoral process in Dungu, profile and perspectives”, presentation given by a local INEC official, Mr. Maboy Guylain. The meeting was attended by political and administrative officials as well as representatives of MONUSCO, the civil society organizations, the local press and students. The introductory…
Bukavu, 27 August 2015 — Dr. Mamadou Pethe Diallo, the new Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in charge of humanitarian affairs made his first visit to South Kivu province. Upon arriving at Kavumu airport on Thursday 27 August, the Deputy Special Representative made a courtesy call to provincial authorities in Bukavu, South-Kivu and visited Panzi hospital. At the end of the meeting with Dr. Denis Mukwege who provide medical…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO and Jose Maria Aranaz, Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the DRC call for strengthened policies to address enforced disappearances Kinshasa, 30 August 2015 – “On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, I encourage the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to consider ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All…
The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in DRC, Dr. Mamadou Diallo, arrived in Beni for a working visit on 25 August 2015. Doctor Mamadou Diallo travelled Wednesday 26 August respectively to the districts of Eringeti, Mayi Moya, Samboko and Oicha, territory of Beni to assess the humanitarian situation in this area. « Some quick humanitarian actions are needed to mobilize resources and create enabling conditions…
Uvira, 27 August 2015 – From Monday 24 through Thursday 27 August 2015, staff members of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC were sensitized on the United core values and standards, fight against sexual exploitation and abuse as well as harassment and other forms of misconduct to avoid, in order to preserve the United Nations reputation and image. It was during a training given by the Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU-Bukavu). The…